Hi guys,
maybe you know the awesome picture of the big dorado from Panama. Unfortunately this fish wasn´t weighted. But, what´s your estimation?
Here's some info on the bull dorado.
Last month I was in Panama shooting an episode of Best & Worst with
Tred, our main focus was on tuna and marlin. We were making a pass along
the edge of the reef trolling live bonitas when we hooked a dorado
about 30 lbs. As I recall we caught a couple more a little smaller, then
the rod goes off and just keeps going. At first I thought it was a
billfish then it jumped and it was obvious it was a dodo. But it was so
far out we couldn't tell how big it was. After a few minutes I started
to think this is not the same size as the others, then it started taking
more line. Geez this thing pulled and when it was not taking line it
would just lay broadside making it very tough to gain line. When I got
it about 30ft from the boat we could see it was a big fish and it really
didn't want to come in the boat.
Gaffing the beast was something else, and it damn near killed the mate. I
knew it was a big fish but didn't realise how big until the cameraman
sent me the photos a couple of days ago. By the way the knee pads were
for protection as the transom had no padding and was very sharp &
painful on the knees. The whole catch will be shown on Tred's show
sometime later this year, also will include lots of other species and
some unbelieveable tuna feeding footage.
I taped the fish just in case my taxadermy guy had a mold close to the
specs, unfortunatly I didn't get an official weight on the fish as I
didn't think it was that big at the time, and then I recieved the photo
the other day and thought damn it's bigger than I thought. Oh well there
must be another one just like it still out there. Thanks for the many
kind responses and also the funny one's.
Head width 18.5
Leangth to inside tail fork 62.25 in
Cheers,
DB.
, man what a beast.
, but this monster realy kick a... 
